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placeless

placeless adjective: lacking a proper place.

Adjective

placeless (comparative more placeless, superlative most placeless)

  1. Lacking a proper place.
    • a placeless person
    • I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
  2. Lacking places for people, things, etc.; lacking a geographic orientation.
    • a placeless society

Forms of placeless

comparativemore placeless
superlativemost placeless
alternative formplace-less

Origin of placeless

From Middle English placeles, placelees, equivalent to place + -less. Piecewise doublet of piazzaless.

Words formed from placeless

Questions about placeless

What does placeless mean?
Placeless means lacking a proper place.
What part of speech is placeless?
Placeless is an adjective.

Words near placeless in the dictionary

  1. placekicker
  2. placekickers
  3. placekicking
  4. placekicks
  5. Placeks
  6. placeless
  7. placelessly
  8. placelessness
  9. placemaker
  10. placemakers
  11. placemaking

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